Lenovo IdeaTab A1000 and A3000 announced

The 7-inch Lenovo IdeaTab A1000 and A3000 Jelly Bean tablets have become available. While their specs are not fantastic, these two slates make it up through some relatively affordable price tags. The IdeaTab A1000 costs $189, while the IdeaTab A3000 can be yours for $229.

Lenovo IdeaTab A1000

The 7-inch IdeaTab A1000 has a resolution of 1024 x 600 and is powered by a MediaTek 8317 dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU at 1.20GHz, with 1GB of RAM memory. Lenovo promises up to 8 hours of web browsing over a WiFi connection (the battery is a 3500mAh unit), while the internal storage is 16GB, expandable with up to 32GB via microSD.

Available in white and black, the Lenovo IdeaTab A1000 can be purchased with a $40 web discount, at $149, by activating the code “HOMEPCDEAL” when checking out. The Lenovo website says that the deal will last until June 12, so you might want to take advantage of it pretty soon.

Lenovo IdeaTab A3000

The more expensive model, the Lenovo IdeaTab A3000, which costs $229 (and has no promotion attached to it), has a MediaTek 6575 single core Cortex-A9 CPU running at 1.2GHz, helped by 1GB of RAM memory. Internal memory is 16GB, but the microSD slot supports cards of up to 64GB.

Just like the A1000, the A3000 includes a 3500mAh battery. A rear 5 megapixel camera is present on board, along with the 0.3 megapixel front shooter. The A3000 is only available in black.